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Definition of Entail
1. Verb. Have as a logical consequence. "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
Generic synonyms: Necessitate
Derivative terms: Entailment, Implication, Implicative
2. Noun. Land received by fee tail.
3. Verb. Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result. "What does this move entail?"
Generic synonyms: Lead
Derivative terms: Implication, Implication, Implication
4. Noun. The act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple.
5. Verb. Limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs.
Definition of Entail
1. n. That which is entailed.
2. v. t. To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.
Definition of Entail
1. Noun. That which is entailed. Hence: ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To imply or require. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To appoint hereditary possessor. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To cut or carve in an ornamental way. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Entail
1. to restrict the inheritance of to a specified line of heirs [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Entail
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